Stamp-vending machine.



0'. E.--MORRISON. STAMP VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG.30.'1912.

1,060,204. I Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

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WITNESSES TFNTOR G. E. MORRISON.

STAMP VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30, 1912.

1,060,204 Pat nted Apr. 29, 1913.

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WITNESSES [NI 'ENTOR 0. E. MORRISON. STAMP VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG.30,191Z. I 1,060,204 Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

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CLARENGE E. MORRISON, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

sramr-vmmmc MACHINE.

t osoaoa. Specification of Letters ratent. Patented Apr. 29,- 1913.

Application filed august 30, 1912. Serial No. 717,947.

To all whom ztmay concern. 1 articles against said table. A slide 4 is Be it known that I, CLARENCE E. MORRI- moun'ted upon said table and has its rear son, a citizeuof the United States, residing edge turned to form a flange 5 adapted to at Albany, in the county of- Albany and engage the edge of the lower'of the pile of 60 5 State of New York, have invented certain articles to be delivered for the purpose of new and useful Improvements in Stampmoving the same horizontally through the Vending Machines; and I'do hereby declare delivery opening of the receptacle. Lugs '6 the following to be a full, clear, and'exact {project at right angles from the slide and description of the invention, such as will each is apertured for the reception of the 65 enable others skilled in the art to which it shaft 7. which projects beyond the ends of appertains to make and use the same, referthe receptacle. Anangle lever 8-isfastened ence being had to the accompanying. drawto one projecting end of the shaft? and a ings, and to the letters and figures of referbar 8*1s fastened to its other end and the ence marked thereon, which form a part of long arm of the angle leverand-said bar 70 this specification. I 8 are pivotally cdnnected'to the shaft 9, This inventionrelates to new and useful the ends of said bar 8" and angle lever, improvements in article deliveryslot mawhich are connected to the shaft- 9, being chines and so arranged that a coin coiiperprovided with elongated" slots in order to ates with the lever to cause the apparatus to allow the shaft carrying thse angle lever and 75 be thrown into operative position and in the bar to rockfreel provision of means for preventing the de- An operating lever 10" is mounted upon livery of but a single article for each coin a pivot 11 andprovid'ed'with laterally proinserted inthe machine. jecting portions 12 and 13 which are pro- The invention consists further in the provided for the purpose of normally closing 80 vision of an article delivery coin-controlled the slotin the casing 14in which the operapparatus in which but'one coin is allowed at-ive parts of the apparatus are mounted at a time to be thrown into position to allow and thereby prevent any one tampering with the apparatus to be operated, a following sthemechanism through the slot inwhich coin being automatically released ,after'the the lever has an'oseillating movement. A 3 article is delivered. spring 15 is fastened at one end to the lever The invention comprises various details of '12- and' its otherend'to aprojecting' -end of construction and combinations and arrangethe rod 15 which-is fastened at its lower ments of parts which will be hereinafter end tothe frame adjacent to one end of the fully described, shown in the accompanying article holdingreceptacle. The ur ose'of '9 35 drawings and then specifically defined in the saidspring-is to ncrmaily held t e ever at appended claims. its farthest upper limit.

My invention is illustrated in the accom- A coin chute 16 leads to any su'table 1opan ving drawings in which cation, preferably underneath the table, as

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my imshown 1l'1-F1g.I of the drawings, where the 95 proved vending-apparatus. Fig. 2 is an end exit end thereof terminates adjacent to one view. Fig. 2* is a detail in elevation of a end'of'theslot 17 formed in the shelf18'lopart of my invention. Fig. 3 is a sectional cated underneatlr'and parallel to the table view on line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is-a secupon which the articles are held. Pivoted tional view on line 4--4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 to the operating lever 10 is ab'ar 19' which in 109 is a sectional view on line 55 of Fig. 1, turn is pivotally connected'at 20 to the wall and Fig. 6 is an end view opposite the view of the coin chute and at a location opposite taken in Fig. 2'; the open exit end of the latter-is provided Reference now being bad to the details with a lateralv projection 21' ended poof thedrawings by numeral, 1 designates sitioned that, when a coin has been inserted 105 the frame of the apparatus having a table 2 in the chute, it falls by gravity to a position upon which the articles to be delivered, such underneath the projection 21 so that, when as envelope containing souvenir cards or the bar 19 is moved-downward under a deany other articles, are adapted to rest, and ession of the operating lever, said pro a follower 3' rests upon the upper surface 1ecti0n 21 will come in contactwitli the 110 of the pile of articles inorder to hold the upper edgp of the coin and force-the-snme same with the undermost of the series of throught e slot 17 in said shelf. The'coin is prevented, after reaching a' position under the projection 21, from falling through the slot by the lever 22 which is pivotally mounted upon a pin 24 upon the shelf and is provided with an upwardly projecting lug 25 in direct alinement with the coin chute, forming an abutment for the coin. Said lever 22, it will be noted, crosses the coin slot in the shelf but, when it is moved backward by the lever forcing a coin against said lugand lever 22, the coin will be allowed to fall its normal position by means of a spring 25 which is fastened at one end to a part of the frame and at its other end to theend of said lever its upper end upon a pin 29 the lever 10. The slot 27 of saidlink is providedwith an offset 34 and has two shoulders 35 and 36 formed in the walls of the slot at positions dia other and has a shoul outer edge thereof.

- It will be noted upon reference to 2 of the drawings that said rod 26 is normally positioned adjacent to the edge'30 of the slot in the link and,'in the event of a person depressing the operatln lever withoutute, as the opfirst inserting a coin in the c erator lever is depressed said edge 30 com- .ing in contact with the rod will serve to cause the link to tilt to the right, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, so that the shoulder 35 will be thrown out of contact with the lug 32 which projects laterally from the short arm of the angle lever 8 and hence prevent the angle lever from causing an article to be delivered.

When the operating shaft returns to its normal the further upward movement of the link. A lug 40' projects from one end of the vframe and is adapted to contact with the a single coin.

- actuated, L-shaped wire shoulder 37 in the event of the operator depressing the coin only part way down to its lowest limit, thus preventing the delivery of a second article by the employment of but Said projection coming in contact with the shoulder 26 will prevent the delivery slide from returning to its normal position after having been partially moved forward, making it necessary to depress the operatin lever to its lowest lim1t before said sli e may be returned to position to engage another article to be delivered.

In order to prevent two coins being fed forward to operative positions underneath the depressible bar 19, I provide a spring- 40, one end of which projects down into the slot at the exit end of the path of the coin the coin chute and in Said lever 22 is held in 22. A rod 26 is fastened to the lever 22 and extends through one end of the frame and through the elongated slot 27 upon the link 28, which latter is p voted at pro ecting from? onally opposite each er 37 formed upon the- I position, the shoulder 37 upon said link i comes in contact with said lug 32, preventing same to swing and move the angled coincontaining member with it and which will hold a succeedin coin back out of operative position until t e coin being acted upon in advance of it has been discharged through the slot in the shell. After the article has been delivered, the spring and hook wire will return to their normal positions and allow the coin to roll down to operative position when the lever is again depressed.

The operation of my vending machine is as follows :A series of articles, such as in the instance illustrated envelops which may contain souvenir cards, etc., are placed on the shelf, preferably with the backs of the envelops down and the tongues projecting through the open back of the receptacle.

When the slide is in its normal position, the positioned adjacent.

flange thereon will be to the open edge of the envelop of the lowermost of the series, the follower placed upon the pile of envelops, holding the same in contact with the table and slide. is dropped into the chute. it rolls to the position shown in Fig. Iof the drawings and is;prevented from falling through the slot in the shelf by the pivotal lever 22. The coin being in the position shown is directly underneath the projection upon the bar 19. en the operating lever is depressed, the projection 21 coming in contact with the coin will cause the same to be depressed and the coin crowding against the lever 22 will cause the same to tilt upon its pivot which in turn will cause the rod which is fastened to 'As a coin' said lever 22 to bear against the edge 45 of a the slot in the link and throw the same laterallv to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of'the drawings, which will cause the shoulder 35 to contact with the lug upon the short arm of the lever 8 and a further depression of the operating lever will cause the angle lever to rock and move the slide forward, the latter-pushing the lowermost of the envelops through the opening in the receptacle containing the same where a person may take hold of the envelo and pull the same out from the reoeptac e. As the envelo is pushed through the opening, one edge t ereof will contact with the spring 42 and cause the angled wire fastened thereto to draw back into the exit end of the slot and prevent a second coin from rolling into an operative position underneath the projection upon the bar 19 until after the article has been delivered, after which the spring 42 and the angled wire will return to their forming a stop therefor,

normal positions and allow the coin to roll down against the lever 22 in operative position to allow the apparatus to deliver a second envelo upon a repetition of the operation descri ed. In the event of a coin bein inserted in the apparatus and the operatmg lever depressed only a short distance, not sufficient to cause the coin to pass through the slot in the shelf and in which event the operator would release pressure from the operating handle, the shoulder upon the outer edge of the link would come in contact' with the projection upon the frame and prevent the operating lever returning to its normal position and also the slide, thereby preventing the delivery of a second article by the employment of a single com.

What I claim to be new is 1. A coin-controlled vending apparatus comprising a frame, a table for containing the articles to be delivered, a coin chute, a pivotal lever in the path of the coin and forming a stop therefor, a pivotal bar mounted upon the frame and adapted to contact with the coin to cause the latter to tilt said lever, a rod projecting from said lever, an operating lever article delivery member upon said table, a rock shaft, connections between the same and said member, a link pivoted to the op erating lever and actuated by said rod to cause the link to be thrown into operative position to cause the shaft to rock as the operating lever is depressed, as set forth.

2. A coin-controlled vending apparatus comprising a frame, a table for containing the articles to be delivered, a coin, chute, a pivotal lever 'in the path of the coin and forming a stop therefor, a pivotal bar mounted upon the frame and, adapted to contact with the coin to cause the latter to tilt said lever, a rod projecting from said lever, an operating lever pivoted to said bar, an article delivery member upon said table, a rock shaft, connections between the same and said memben'a link pivoted to the operating lever and actuated by said rod to cause the link to be thrown into operative position to cause the shaft to rock as the operating lever is depressed, and mechanism for preventing aseoond coin from coming into operative position until an article has been delivered, as set forth.

3. A- coin-controlled vending apparatus comprising a frame, a table for containing the articles to be delivered, a coin chute, a pivotal lever in the path of the coin and a pivotal bar mounted upon the frame and adapted to coiitact with the coin to cause the latter to tilt said lever, a rod projecting from said lever, an operating lever pivoted to said bar, an article delivery member upon said table, a rock shaft, connections between the-sameand pivoted to said bar, an

the member, a link pivoted to the operating lever and provided with an elon ated slot having a shoulder in the edge of the slot, said rod adapted to move the link as the operating lever is depressed, causing the rod to tilt, and means actuated by the shoulder of the slot as the link is depressed further causing said shaft to rock and deliver an article, as set forth.

4. A coin-controlled vending apparatus comprising a frame, a table for containin the articles to bedelivered, a coin chute, a pivotal lever in the path of the coin and forming a stop therefor, a pivotal bar mounted upon the frame and adapted to contact with the coin to cause the. latter to tilt said lever, a rod projecting from said lever, an operating lever pivoted to said bar, an article delivery member upon said table, a rock shaft, an angle lever fixed to said shaft and having pivotal connection with the delivery member, a lug upon one arm of said angle lever, a link pivoted to the operating lever and having an elongated slot through which said rod extends, one

edge-of the slot-having a shoulder which is I thrown by the rod into position to engage said lugas the operating lever is depressed, as set forth. a

5. A coin-controlled vending apparatus comprising a frame, a table for containing the arti les to be delivered, a coin chute, a pivotal lever in the path of the coin and forming a [stop therefor, a pivotal bar mounted. upon the frame and adapted to contact with the coin, to cause the latter to tilt said lever, a rod projecting from said lever, an operating lever pivoted to said bar, an. article delivery member upon said table, a rock shaft, an angle lever fixed to said shaft and having pivotal connection with the delivervmember, a lug upon one arm of said angle lever, a link pivoted to the opcrating lever and having any elongated slot with an ofiset therein and two diagonally disposed shouldersformed in the opposite edges of the slot, one of said shoulders being 7 adapted as the link is tilted by said rodvto contact with said lug to cause the shaft to rock as the operating lever is depressed, the other shoulder adapted to contact with said lug to rock the shaft in the opposite direction, returning the article delivery member to its normal position, as set forth.

6. Acoin-icontrolled apparatus comprising a frame. a table for containing the articles to be delivered, a coin chute, a pivotal lever in the path of the coin and forming a stop therefor, a pivotal bar mounted upon the frame and adapted to contact with the coin to cause the latter to tilt said lever, a rod projecting from said lever, an operating lever pivoted to said bar, an article delivery member upon said table, a rock shaft, an angle lever fixed tosaid shaftand having pivotal connection with the delivery member, a In upon one arm of said angle lever, a link p1voted to the operating lever and having an elongated slot formed in the opposite edges of the slot, one of said shoulders being adapted as the link is tilted by said rod to contact with said lug to cause the shaft to rock as the operating lever is depressed, the other shoulder adapted to contact with said lug to rock the shaft in the opposite direction, returning the article without first being depressed to its lowest? limit, asset forth. 4

7. A coin-controlled apparatus compris ing aiframe, a table for containing the articles to be delivered, a coin chute. a pivotal lever in the path ofthe coin and form- A "ing a stop therefor, a pivotal bar mounted upon the frame and adapted to contact with the coin to cause the latter to tilt said lever, a rod projecting from saidlever, an operating lever pivoted to said bar, an article delivery member having a flanged ed e for engagement with the edge oft-he article to be delivered, a rock shaft mounted upon the frame, an angle lever fixed to said shaft and having pivotal connections with said member, :1- lug projecting from one arm of the angle lever, a pivotal linkupon the operating lever and provided with an elongated slot with an offset therein, shouders formed upon the opposite edges of the slot, which are adapted to engage the lug at positions diametrically opposite as the operating lever is moved in opposite directionsthereby causing the delivery member to be thrown forward and returned to its starting position, said link bein moved to operative position by said ro as the coin is forced against the tilting lever by said pivotal bar, as set forth.

4 8. A coin-controlled apparatus comprising a frame, a table for containing the articles to be delivered, a coin chute, a pivotal lever in the path of the coin and forming a stop therefor, a pivotal bar mounted upon the frame and adapted to contact with the coin to cause the latter to tilt said lever, a rod projecting from said lever, an oscillating spring-pressed lever pivoted to said bar, an article delivery member having a flanged edge for engagement with the edge of the article to be delivered, a rock shaft mount ed upon the frame, an angle lever fixed to said shaft and having pivotal connections with said member, a lug projecting from one arm of the angle lever, a pivotal link upon the operating lever and provided with an elongated slot with an offset therein,

shoulders formed upon the opposite edges of the slot, which are adapted to engage the moved to operative position by said rod as the coin is forced against the tilting lever by said pivotal bar, as set forth; I

9. A coin-controlled 'apparatus comprising a frame, a table for containing the articles to be delivered, a coin chute, a pivotal lever in the ath of the coin and forming a stop there or, a pivotal bar mounted upon the frame and adapted to contact with the coin to cause the latter to tilt said lever, a rod projecting from said lever, a rod upon said frame, a spring fastened to the rod, an

oscillating lever secured to the spring and pivoted to said bar, an article delivery memer having a flanged edge for engagement withthe edge of the article to be delivered, arock shaft mounted upon the frame, an angle'lever' fixed toisaid shaft and having pivotal connections with said member, a lug projecting fromonearm'. of the angle lever,- a pivotallink'upon the operating lever and provided. with an elongated slot with an offset therein, shoulders formed upon the opposite-edges of the slot, which are adapted to engage the. lug at positions diametrically opposite as the operating lever is moved in opposite directions, thereby causing the delivery member to be thrown forward and returned to itsstarting position, said link being moved; to operative position by said 7 rod as the coin is-forced against the tilting lever by said pivotal bar, as set forth.

10.1 A coin-controlled. vending apparatus comprising a,frame,'a table, an article delivery member movable thereon, a rock shaft mounted upon the frame, an angle lever fixed tosaidgsh'aft, pivotal connections between the angle lever and the delivery member, an-operating lever mounted upon the frame, a link pivoted to said operating lever and provided with an elongated slot having an offset therein forming two diagonally disposed. shoulders, a lug projecting from the angle lever and adapted to be engaged by said shoulders as the operating lever is depressed and returns to its normal position, thereby causing the shaft to IOCklIl opposite directions to deliver an article and re turn said delivery member to its starting position, a coin chute, a bar 'pivotally mounted at one end upon the frame and its other end pivoted to the operating lever, a pivotal lever in the path of the coin, a rod projecting from the pivotal lever and adapted to actuate said link as the operating lever is depressed, causing said bar to force the coin against the pivotal lever causing the same to tilt, as set forth,

menace y a I 11. A coin-controlled vending apparatus comprising a frame, a table, anarticle delivery member =movable thereon, a rock shaft mounted upon the frame, an angle lever fixed to said shaft, pivotal connections between the angle lever and the delivery member, an operating lever mounted upon the frame, a link pivoted to said operatin lever and provided with an elongated slot aving ,an offset therein forming two :diago'nally disposed shoulders, a .lug projecting from the angle lever and adapted to be engaged by said shoulders as the operating lever is depressed and returns to its normal position, thereby causing the shaft to rock in opposite directions to deliver an article and return said delivery member to its starting position, a coin chute, a bar pivotally mounted at one end upon the framand its other end pivoted to the operatin lever, a projection upon said bariadapte to depress the coin, a pivotal spring-pressed lever mounted in the path of the coin and adapted to be moved as the bar forces a coin against the same on a depression of the operating lever, a rod fixed to said pivotal lever and passing through theslot in said link and adapted to throw the latter into operative position as the coin is depressed, as set forth.

12. A coin-controlled vending apparatus comprising a frame, a table, an article de-v disposed shoulders, a lug projecting from.

the angle lever and adapted to be engaged by said shoulders as the operating lever is depressed and returns to its normal position, thereby causing the shaft to rock in oppositedirections to deliveran article and return said delivery member to' its starting position, a coin chute, a bar pi votally mounted at one end upon the frame and its other end pivoted to the operating lever, a projection uponsaid bar adapted to depress the coin, a pivotal spring-pressed lever mounted in the path of the coin and adapted to be moved as the bar forces a coin against the same on a depression of the operating lever,

a rod fixed to said pivotal lever and passing through theslot in said link and adapted to throw the latter into operative position as the coin is depressed, a spring fastened upon the frame and having one end projecting in the path of the articles to be delivered, and means fastened 'to said spring and disposed in said slot to prevent a second coin being fed forward to operative osition until the coin being acted upon has een delivered, as set forth.

.to said i 13. A coin-controlled vending "apparatus comprising a frameka table, an article de-. l

livery member.mova le thereon, a rock shaft -mounted upon the frame, an angle lever fixed to said shaft, pivotal connections between the angle lever and the delivery member, an operating lever mounted upon the frame, a link pivoted to said operating lever and provided with an elongated slot having an offset therein forming two diagonally disposed shoulders, a lug projecting from the angle lever and adapted to be engaged by'said shoulders as the operatin lever is depressed and returns to its norma position,

thereby causing the shaft to rock in opposite directions to deliver an article and return said deliverymember-to its starting position, a coin chute, a bar pivotally mounted at one end upon the frame and its other end pivoted to the o erating lever, a projection upon said bar adapted to depress the coin, a pivotal spring-pressed lever mounted in the path of. the coin and adapted to be moved-as the bar forces a coin against'the same on a depression of the operatin lever,a rodfixed ivotal lever an passing through the slot in said link and adapted to throw the latter into operative position as the coin is depressed, a spring fastened to the frame and having one end rojecting in the path of the articles to be de ivered,'an angled wire fastened to said spring and havin an end movable in the slot at the exit en thereof, as set forth.

14. A coin-controlled vending apparatus comprising a frame, a table, an article delivery member movable thereon, a rock shaft mounted upon the frame, an angle lever fixed to said shaft pivotal connections between the angle lever and the delivery'memher, an operating lever mounted upon the frame, a link pivoted to said operating leverand provided with an elongated slot having an offset therein forming two diagonally disposed shoulders, a lug projecting from the angle lever and adapted ,to be engaged by said shoulders as the operating lever is depressed and returns to its normal position, thereby causing the shaft to rock in opposite directions to deliver an article and return said delivery member to its starting position, a coin chute, a bar pivotally mounted at one end upon the frame and its other end pivoted to the operating lever, a projection upon said bar adapted to depress the coin, a shelf upon said frame provided with a slot, a spring-pressed lever pivoted to said shelf and disposed across said chute in the path of the coin, a rod fixed to said pivotal lever and passing through the slot in said link and adapted to throw the latter into operative position as the coin is depressed, a spring fastened to the frame and having one end profcting in the path of the article to be de 'vered, an angled wire fastened to said spring and having an end movable in the slot at the exit end thereof,.as set forth. I p 4 .15. A coin-contolled vending apparatus comprising a frame, a table, an article delivery ndember movable thereon, 5a. grock shaft mounted upon the frame, an 'angle lever fixed to said shaft, pivotal connections between the angle lever and the delivery member, an operating lever mounted upon theframe, a link pivoted to said operating lever and provided with an elongated slot having an offset therein forming two diagonally disposed shoulders, a lug projecting from the angle lever and adapted to be engaged by said shoulders as the operating lever is depressed and returns to its nor-- mal position,' thereby causing the shaft to rock in opposite directions to deliver an article and return said delivery member to its starting position, a coin chute, a bar pivotally mounted at one end upon the'frame and its ot'ler end pivoted to the operating lever, a projection upon said bar adapted to depress the coin, apivotal spring-pressed lever mountedin the path of the coin and adapted to be moved as the bar forces a coin against the same on a depression of the operating lever and provided with an upwardlyextending lug disposed in 'alinement with the delivery end of the coin chute,ju*rod' fixed to said pivotal lever and passing through the slot in said link and adapted to throw the latter into operative position as the coin is depressed, a sp-rlng fastened to the frame and having one end projecting in the path of the arti'ole to be delivered, an angled wire fastened'toflsaid 

